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On moist soil and dead moss. Alt. c.400m. Plateau, Cockburn Island. Antarctic Peninsula

On moss, in moist stony depression. Alt. c. 30m. SSSI area, above ice field, Bailey Peninsula. Budd Coast. Antarctica, Wilkes Sector

Mawson Rock, MacRobertson Land. Antarctica, Enderby Sector

Encrusting dead moss. Alt. 145 m. Mars Oasis, upper moraine, basin, Alexander Island. Antarctic Peninsula, Alexander Island

On dead moss (Tortula princeps). Alt. 100-125 m. Cape King, Victoria Land. Antarctica, Ross Sector

On moss (Bryum pseudotriquetrum), dry sandy soil on rock terraces. Alt. 125 m. Kay Island, Wood Bay, Victoria Land Antarctica, Ross Sector

On dead moss (Tortula princeps). Gravelly granitic soil at edge of late snow bed. Moraine of Tinker Glacier-Burns Glacier, Victoria Land. Antarctica, Ross Sector

On dead moss and cyanobacteria in moist flush below springs. Alt. 175 m. Upper moraine area, Mars Oasis, Alexander Island. Antarctic Peninsula, Alexander Island

On dead moss (Grimmia cf. donniana) on rock. Alt. 250m. Dissected plateau to S of Terrapin Hill, James Ross Island. Antarctic Peninsula

On dry moribund moss (Byum argenteum), with Candalariella sp.), wet flats around largest lake in area strongly influenced by skuas. Alt. 5 m. Edmonson Point South (unofficial name - 5 km south of Edmonson Point), Victoria Land. Antarctica, Ross Sector

On decaying moss (Bryum argenteum) with Candelariella sp., in area influenced by temporary melt water and skuas. Alt. 150 m. SW side of Cape Washington, Victoria Land. Antarctica, Ross Sector

Nilse Hullet and area to west. South Georgia

On dead moss (Tortula saxicola) on calcareous soil. Alt. 55 m. South side of Foca Cove, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

On jawbone and other bones of crabeater seal skeleton. Alt. 150m. San Jose Pass, James Ross Island. Antarctic Peninsula

Dry pebbles and rocks behind Base, Alt. 30 ft. Factory Cove, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Colonizing stones on recently deglaciated exposed ground, Alt. 150 m. Jane Peak Col, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Wet stones in and close to melt stream below icefield. Alt. 135 m. Jane Col, Signy Island South Orkney Islands

On marble. Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Moraine Valley, Signy Island. On stones exposed by receding semi-permanent snow patch. South Orkney Islands

Dry, sandy soil and Bryum cushions, with trace of Candelariella sp. Vestfold Hills, Mossel Valley area. Ingrid Christensen Coast. Antarctica, Enderby Sector

On Grimmia and sandy soil. Alt. 50m. Bailey Peninsula to S of Reeves Hill. Budd Coast. Antarctica, Wilkes Sector

On Schistidium antarctici and Ceratodon purpureus. Alt. 20m. Whitney Point, Clark Peninsula. Budd Coast. Antarctica, Wilkes Sector

On Schistidium antarctici amongst pebbles on knoll. Alt. 40m. SSSI area to S of Skua melt lake, Bailey Peninsula. Budd Coast. Antarctica, Wilkes Sector

On dead moss on rock terrace. North side of Leonie Island. Antarctic Peninsula

On dry soil and moss (Grimmia cf. donniana) Alt. 25m. Valley SW of Fortress Hill, James Ross Island. Antarctic Peninsula

On dead moss in festuca grassland, Alt. 80 m. South side of King Edward Cove. South Georgia

On dead Acaena magellanica and Festuca contracta. Alt. 35 m. Husdal. South Georgia

On shaded moist rock faces and ledges above shore. Alt. 75m. Steepholm Island, Robertson Islands. South Orkney Islands

Among stones, dry, Alt. 10 m. South side of Ablation Valley, Alexander Island, George VI Sound. Antarctic Peninsula, Alexander Island

On dry stones. Alt. 50 m. NE Moraine Valley, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

On decaying grass stems, Alt. 340 m. Peak to N of Hill 1941, S of Dartmouth Point, Cumberland East Bay. South Georgia

Dry moss turf on E facing schistose outcrop, Alt. 200 m. Hills to west of Gull Lake, Cumberland East Bay. South Georgia

Overgrowing Chorisodontium aciphyllum on moist north-west facing cliff ledge near shore, Alt. c. 20 ft. North of foot of Sorling Valley, Barff Peninsula. South Georgia

On moist soil and moss on rock ledge. Alt. 100 m. Above Factory Cove, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

On rock, Alt. 138 m. Cape south of Emma Cove, Elephant Cove. South Shetland Islands

Shaded wet rocks in wooded gorge. Alt. 250 m. Un-named bay on north-east shore of western island, Islas Rennell, Depto. Ultima Esperanza, Prov. Magallanes. South America, Chile

Wet Rostkovia magellanica-moss bog beside stream. Cap orange with red tinge. Behind field hut to north of Sorling Valley. South Georgia

Among Poa annua at side of helicopter pad, Alt. 120 m. Port Alfred Faure, Possession Island. Crozet

Earth bank near kitchens. Alt. 3 m. Grytviken whaling station South Georgia

In Deschampsia antarctica and Poa annua 'lawn' behind easternmost bungalow. Alt. 2 m. King Edward Point. South Georgia

Amongst mosses on morainic material, Alt. c. 50 ft. Valley running SE between Echo Pass and Hestesletten, Cumberland East Bay. South Georgia

Juncus marsh with Sphagnum. Alt. 50 ft. Moody Brook, near Port Stanley, East Falkland Is. Falkland Islands

In Sphagnum. Alt. 2000 ft. Side of little gully above Burntwood. Tristan da Cunha

In vertical crack in N facing granite rock face, Alt. 2000m. Reed Ridge, Thiel Mountains, Ellsworth Land. Antarctica, Byrd Sector

On wood planking, Alt. 80 ft. Slope behind the BAS station, Factory Cove, Borge Bay, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

On timber step of former Chilean station. Alt. 5 m. Pendulum Cove, Deception Island South Shetland Islands

On loose stones, Alt. c. 75 ft. Berry Head, near Stygian Cove, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

On damp ground near seal wallows, Alt. c. 25 ft. Near Drying Point, Elephant Flats, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

On base rich soil and on Tortula and Grimmia Alt. c. 50 ft. Marble knolls, Waterpipe Beach, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands

Stones at margin of stone stripe, Alt. c. 70 ft. North of Waterpipe Beach, Signy Island. South Orkney Islands